EP3335468B1 - Mesurages d'indicateur d'intensité du signal reçu pour un accès assisté par licence - Google Patents

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EP3335468B1
EP3335468B1 EP15834698.1A EP15834698A EP3335468B1 EP 3335468 B1 EP3335468 B1 EP 3335468B1 EP 15834698 A EP15834698 A EP 15834698A EP 3335468 B1 EP3335468 B1 EP 3335468B1
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  • Unlicensed spectrum i.e.. frequency spectrum that does not require a license from an appropriate regulating entity
  • wireless cellular network operators to increase the capacity of existing services that are offered over licensed spectrum.
  • LAA Licensed Assisted Access
  • RSSI received signal strength indicator
  • UE user equipment
  • RSSI may be part of Reference Signal Received Quality (RSRQ) measurement (where RSRQ is the ratio N ⁇ RSRP/(E-UTRA carrier RSSI)), although RSSI itself is not reported to the network.
  • RSSI includes the linear average of the total received power (in Watts), observed in certain orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of measurement subframes, in the measurement bandwidth, over N number of resource blocks by the UE from all sources including co-channel serving and non-serving cells adjacent channel interference, thermal noise etc.
  • OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
  • RSSI measurement definitions do not typically provide useful interference information from a non-serving cell (e.g.. a node to which a UE is not attached). Specifically for instance, factors that contribute to the received signal can be significantly different depending on when the signal is measured. For example, if RSSI is measured during an LAA transmission burst, the main portion of the measured RSSI is the signal from the serving evolved NodeB (eNB), because the eNB sends a downlink (DL) signal during the transmission burst. On the other hand, if RSSI is measured outside of a transmission burst, the main portion of the measured RSSI would be interference.
  • eNB serving evolved NodeB
  • DL downlink
  • the UE averages the measured RSSI measurements over a long period of time, such measurements would not necessarily provide meaningful information, because the measured RSSI includes both "desired” signal (e.g., actual traffic, such as user plane traffic from the eNB) and "undesired” signal (e.g., interference). That is, the RSSI value, averaged over time, may be quite different depending on whether “desired” signal has been included in RSSI measurements or not.
  • “desired” signal e.g., actual traffic, such as user plane traffic from the eNB
  • undesired signal e.g., interference
  • US 2014/0146691 A1 describes an apparatus that communicates using a first radio based on a first radio technology and configures a second radio based on a second radio technology different from the first radio technology to receive signals transmitted based on a radio technology different from the second radio technology.
  • US 2015/0223149 A1 describes a method for communicating in a wireless network which includes receiving at least one configuration parameter from a network controller comprising information related to an activation time frame, a deactivation time frame, and a discovery signal (DS) parameter; listening for a common reference signal (CRS) during the activation time frame; receiving a DS that conforms to the DS parameter; refraining from attempting to perform CRS based procedures when the CRS is not received; and performing at least one of synchronization, cell identification, and DS based radio resource management (RRM) measurements according to the DS.
  • a network controller comprising information related to an activation time frame, a deactivation time frame, and a discovery signal (DS) parameter
  • CRS common reference signal
  • RRM radio resource management
  • an eNB may cause a UE to attach to a particular cell, out of a group of available cells (e.g., primary cells (PCells) or secondary cells (SCells)).
  • a UE may be in range of a serving cell (e.g., a cell that is associated with an eNB to which a particular UE is connected), and one or more non-serving cells (e.g., a cell that is associated with an eNB to which the particular UE is not configured).
  • Non-serving cells may further be cells to which the UE is not attached, and therefore does not receive control information (e.g., information that indicates transmission burst timing of the non-serving cells).
  • the eNB may rely on signal and/or interference measurements, such as RSSI measurements. Additionally, in a listen before talk (LBT) scenario, a serving eNB may prefer to select a channel that has a greater amount of time where the RSSI of non-serving nodes is relatively low (e.g .. below a clear channel assessment (CCA) threshold).
  • CCA clear channel assessment
  • RSSI information may be measured. by a UE, outside of a transmission burst of a serving cell, and/or outside of a transmission burst of one or more non-serving cells.
  • DRS Discovery Reference Signal
  • a UE may determine an RSSI of the non-serving cell. For instance, the UE may determine the RSSI of the non-serving cell outside of a DRS occasion associated with the non-serving cell.
  • the RSSI information may be used in order to perform one or more processes in accordance with LTE-LAA techniques (e.g ., cell selection and/or channel selection).
  • Fig. 1 is a diagram of an example environment 100. in which systems and/or methods described herein may be implemented.
  • environment 100 may include UE 110. which may obtain network connectivity from wireless network 120.
  • UE 110 may obtain network connectivity from wireless network 120.
  • Wireless network 120 may provide access to one or more external networks, such as packet data network (PDN) 150.
  • the wireless network may include radio access network (RAN) 130 and core network 140.
  • RAN 130 may be an evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) based network or another type of RAN.
  • UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
  • E-UTRA evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
  • Some or all of RAN 130 may be associated with a network operator that controls or otherwise manages core network 140.
  • Core network 140 may include an Internet Protocol (IP)-based network.
  • IP Internet Protocol
  • UE 110 may include a portable computing and communication device, such as a personal digital assistant (PDA), a smart phone, a cellular phone, a laptop computer with connectivity to a cellular wireless network, a tablet computer, etc.
  • PDA personal digital assistant
  • UE 110 may also include non-portable computing devices, such as desktop computers, consumer or business appliances, or other devices that have the ability to wirelessly connect to RAN 130.
  • UEs 110 may be designed to operate using LTE-LAA.
  • UEs 110 may include radio circuitry that is capable of simultaneously receiving multiple carriers: a first, primary, carrier using licensed spectrum and a second carrier using unlicensed spectrum.
  • the second carrier may correspond to, for example, the unlicensed 5 GHz spectrum. This spectrum may commonly be used by WiFi devices.
  • a goal of LTE-LAA may be to not impact WiFi services more than an additional WiFi network on the same carrier.
  • UEs 110 capable of operating on the unlicensed band may be configured to make measurements to support unlicensed band operation, including providing feedback when the UE is in the coverage area of an LTE-LAA node. For example. UE 110 may measure RSSI of an LTE-LAA node and/or one or more other nodes ( e.g ., an RSSI associated with one or more eNBs 136), and report the RSSI measurements to a serving eNB 136. In accordance with some implementations described herein, UE 110 may measure the RSSI outside of a transmission burst, in order to more consistently determine interference values.
  • RAN 130 may represent a 3GPP access network that includes one or more RATs.
  • RAN 130 may particularly include multiple base stations, referred to as eNBs 136.
  • eNBs 136 may include eNBs that provide coverage to a relatively large (macro cell) area or a relatively small (small cell) area.
  • Small cells may be deployed to increase system capacity by including a coverage area within a macro cell.
  • Small cells may include picocells, femtocells, and/or home NodeBs.
  • Small cells may, in some situations, be operated as SCells, in which the macro cell (the PCell) may be used to exchange important control information and provide robust data coverage and the SCell may be used as a secondary communication channel, such as to offload downlink data transmissions.
  • eNBs 136 can potentially include remote radio heads (RRH), such as RRHs 138.
  • RRHs 138 can extend the coverage of an eNB by distributing the antenna system of the eNB.
  • RRHs 138 may be connected to eNB 136 by optical fiber (or by another low-latency connection).
  • an LTE-LAA node may correspond to eNB 136 (small cell or macro cell) or RRH 138.
  • the LTE-LAA node may also be referred to as an "LTE-LAA transmission point," "LTE-LAA transmitter,” “LAA node,” or “LAA eNB.”
  • eNB 136 will be discussed herein as corresponding to an eNB that uses a licensed frequency.
  • eNB 136 may include, or be in communication with, an LTE-LAA node (e.g., an LTE-LAA node that uses an unlicensed frequency).
  • an LTE-LAA node may be co-located with a corresponding eNB 136 that uses licensed frequency.
  • the licensed frequency eNBs 136 and the LTE-LAA node may maximize downlink bandwidth by performing carrier aggregation of the licensed and unlicensed bands.
  • Core network 140 may include an IP-based network.
  • core network 140 may include an Evolved Packet Core (EPC).
  • EPC Evolved Packet Core
  • core network 140 may include serving gateway (SGW) 142.
  • SGW serving gateway
  • MME Mobility Management Entity
  • PGW packet data network gateway
  • SGW 142 may include one or more network devices that aggregate traffic received from one or more eNBs 136. SGW 142 may generally handle user (data) plane traffic.
  • MME 144 may include one or more computation and communication devices that perform operations to register UE 110 with core network 140, establish bearer channels associated with a session with UE 110, hand off UE 110 from one eNB to another, and/or perform other operations. MME 144 may generally handle control plane traffic.
  • PGW 146 may include one or more devices that act as the point of interconnect between core network 140 and external IP networks, such as PDN 150, and/or operator IP services. PGW 146 may route packets to and from the access networks, and the external IP networks.
  • PDN 150 may include one or more packet-based networks.
  • PDN 150 may include one or more external networks, such as a public network (e.g., the Internet) or proprietary networks that provide services that are provided by the operator of core network 140 (e.g., IP multimedia (IMS)-based services, transparent end-to-end packet-switched streaming services (PSSs), or other services).
  • IMS IP multimedia
  • PSSs transparent end-to-end packet-switched streaming services
  • An interface may refer to a physical or logical connection between devices in environment 100.
  • the illustrated interfaces may be 3GPP standardized interfaces.
  • communication eNBs 136 may communicate with SGW 142 and MME 144 using the S1 interface (e.g., as defined by the 3GPP standards).
  • eNBs 136 may communicate with one another via the X2 interface.
  • the quantity of devices and/or networks, illustrated in Fig. 1 is provided for explanatory purposes only. In practice, there may be additional devices and/or networks: fewer devices and/or networks; different devices and/or networks; or differently arranged devices and/or networks than illustrated in Fig. 1 . Alternatively, or additionally, one or more of the devices of environment 100 may perform one or more functions described as being performed by another one or more of the devices of environment 100. Furthermore, while “direct" connections are shown in Fig. 1 , these connections should be interpreted as logical communication pathways, and in practice, one or more intervening devices (e.g., routers, gateways, modems, switches, hubs, etc.) may be present.
  • intervening devices e.g., routers, gateways, modems, switches, hubs, etc.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates an example situation, in which RSSI information may be assessed in a conventional manner.
  • UE 110 may be attached to serving cell 205 (which may be, for example, associated with an eNB 136).
  • UE 110 may also be in range of non-serving cell 210, which may be, for instance, an SCell in an LTE-LAA environment.
  • UE 110 may not be connected to non-serving cell 210, in the sense that UE 110 may not receive control information from non-serving cell 210 ( e.g ., may not have established a control channel with non-serving cell 210).
  • UE 110 may measure an RSSI of serving cell 205 and/or non-serving cell 215.
  • UE 110 measures the RSSI at times that are independent of a transmission burst of serving cell 205 and/or non-serving cell 215. That is, UE 110 may measure the RSSI in a manner that is not necessarily dependent on determining when the transmission bursts, of serving cell 205 and/or non-serving cell 215, occur. For instance, since UE 110 is not connected to non-serving cell 210, and thus does not receive control information from non-serving cell 210. UE 110 may be unable to determine the timing information relating to transmission bursts from non-serving cell 210. Thus, when determining an RSSI of non-serving cell 210. UE 110 may sometimes determine the RSSI, of serving cell 205 and/or non-serving cell 210, during a transmission burst, while sometimes determining the RSSI outside of the transmission burst.
  • Fig. 3 conceptually illustrates one potential issue with determining the RSSI of a cell (e.g ., serving cell 205 and/or non-serving cell 210), without necessarily accounting for transmission bursts.
  • graph 300 illustrates the measured RSSI of a cell (e.g., serving cell 205 and/or non-serving cell 210) at eight different times. Two of the measurements may be considerably higher (e.g ., indicate a higher signal strength) than the other six measurements, thus yielding an average RSSI that is higher than the other six measurements. The two higher measurements may correspond to transmission bursts, while the other six measurements may correspond to RSSI readings taken outside of the transmission bursts.
  • the average RSSI values may be based on RSSI measurements taken both during and outside of transmission bursts, which may be not necessarily be useful in an LTE-LAA implementation. Such measurements may not be useful, as they rely on variables that are outside of actual signal strength (e.g ., the RSSI readings may be skewed by whether the readings are taken during a transmission burst or not).
  • Fig. 4 conceptually illustrates an example implementation, in which UE 110 is able to determine a more meaningful RSSI value for non-serving cell 210.
  • serving cell 205 may output control signaling, such as Radio Resource Control (RRC) information, which may include DRS configuration information.
  • RRC Radio Resource Control
  • the RRC information may include timing information regarding transmission bursts from serving cell 205.
  • the DRS configuration information may conventionally be used in the discovery of non-serving cell 210.
  • the DRS configuration information may include an indication of the periodicity of a DRS outputted from non-serving cell 210 (e.g., how often non-serving cell 210 transmits the DRS, such as every 40 milliseconds), and a duration of the DRS (e.g.. a quantity of subframes and/or some other measure of time that indicates how long the DRS is).
  • an indication of the periodicity of a DRS outputted from non-serving cell 210 e.g., how often non-serving cell 210 transmits the DRS, such as every 40 milliseconds
  • a duration of the DRS e.g.. a quantity of subframes and/or some other measure of time that indicates how long the DRS is.
  • the DRS outputted by non-serving cell 210, may be aligned with a transmission burst of non-serving cell 210.
  • the transmission burst may begin at the start of the DRS, and may last for a particular duration (e.g., the same duration of the DRS, or a particular duration longer than the DRS).
  • UE 110 may obtain RSSI measurements, of serving cell 205, that are not skewed by the transmission bursts of serving cell 205. Further, by measuring the RSSI of non-serving cell 210 on a timing basis that is based on the DRS configuration ( e.g ., which may indicate the periodicity and duration of the DRS outputted from non-serving cell 210). UE 110 may effectively measure the RSSI outside of the transmission burst of non-serving cell 210, thereby providing useful RSSI information regarding non-serving cell 210.
  • the DRS configuration e.g ., which may indicate the periodicity and duration of the DRS outputted from non-serving cell 210.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates an example process 500 for measuring an RSSI of a non-serving cell, on a basis that is aligned with transmission burst timing of the non-serving cell.
  • process 500 may be performed by UE 110.
  • process 500 may include receiving (at 505) DRS configuration information from the serving cell (e.g ., serving cell 205).
  • serving cell 205 (or, more specifically, an eNB 136 associated with serving cell 205) may be configured to output DRS configuration information, which may aid UE 110 in discovering (and potentially subsequently attaching to) non-serving cell 210.
  • the DRS configuration information may indicate a DRS periodicity and duration. Based on the periodicity and/or duration, UE 110 may determine a DRS occasion of the DRS configuration.
  • the DRS "occasion" may be, for example, a duration of time that occurs on the same period as the DRS configuration information, and may be the same duration of the DRS configuration information.
  • Process 500 may include measuring (at 510) an RSSI of the non-serving cell outside of the DRS occasion of the non-serving cell.
  • the transmission burst of non-serving cell 210 may generally be aligned with the DRS occasion of non-serving cell 210 ( e.g ., may occur during the DRS occasion, during a portion of the DRS occasion, or an amount of time that extends beyond the DRS occasion).
  • UE 110 may reliably measure the RSSI of non-serving cell 210 outside of the transmission burst of non-serving cell 210.
  • UE 110 may be configured to measure the RSSI of non-serving cell outside of the DRS occasion, plus an additional amount of time. For instance, assume that the DRS periodicity is 40 milliseconds, and the DRS duration is 1 millisecond (thus, the DRS occasion occurs for 1 millisecond every 40 milliseconds). In this example, and in accordance with some implementations, UE 110 may be configured to measure the RSSI between the 31st and 40th millisecond of every 40 millisecond period ( i.e., outside of: [ Occ + Tx ], where Occ is the DRS occasion, and where Tx is an additional duration of time, which is 30 milliseconds in this example). In some implementations, serving cell 205 may provide such configuration information (e.g ., a value of Tx ) to UE 110 via RRC signaling.
  • Process 500 may include reporting (at 515) the measured RSSI to a serving cell.
  • UE 110 may report the RSSI to serving cell 205. which may be associated with an eNB 136, to which UE 110 is attached.
  • UE 110 may report an average RSSI. of non-serving cell 210, to serving cell 205 ( e.g., an average of measured RSSI values, measured outside of multiple DRS occasions over time).
  • UE 110 may report individual RSSI values to serving cell 205. That is, for instance, UE 110 may report multiple RSSI values, each being measured outside of a particular DRS occasion.
  • UE 110 may also measure the RSSI of serving cell 205 and/or non-serving cell 210 in a conventional manner (e.g ., without aligning RSSI measurements with DRS occasions of non-serving cell 210), and may further report these "conventional" RSSI values along with RSSI values measured according to the DRS occasions, as described herein.
  • UE 110 may measure the RSSI of serving cell 205 and/or non-serving cell 210 during a transmission burst of serving cell 205 and/or non-serving cell 210 ( e.g ., during the DRS occasion of non-serving cell 210), respectively. In some implementations, these RSSI measurements (i.e., during the transmission burst and/or DRS occasions), may be used for Reference Signal Receive Quality (RSRQ) reporting to serving cell 205.
  • RSSI measurements i.e., during the transmission burst and/or DRS occasions
  • RSRQ Reference Signal Receive Quality
  • Fig. 6 conceptually illustrates two graphs of RSSIs of two different channels (e.g ., two different channels (e.g. , where a particular channel corresponds to a particular frequency band or sub-band) associated with serving cell 205 and/or non-serving cell 210).
  • graph 605 may illustrate RSSI measurement values, over a given period of time, associated with a first channel ("channel 1")
  • graph 610 may illustrate RSSI measurement values, over the same period of time, associated with a second channel ("channel 2").
  • the average RSSI measurements of both may be the same (as indicated by the dashed line).
  • channel 1 may be associated with a more varied RSSI (i.e ., high RSSI at some times, with a lower RSSI at other times), while channel 2 may have a steady RSSI.
  • the information regarding the variance of the RSSI may be useful in LTE-LAA.
  • serving cell 205 may select channel 1 for LTE-LAA attachment, as channel 1 may afford a greater opportunity for LBT techniques.
  • serving cell 205 may calculate a ratio or proportion that is based on a duration that the RSSI exceeds a CCA threshold, and may use the calculated ratio in selecting a channel. For example, a ratio of 1:1, for a particular channel, may indicate that the RSSI, of the particular cell, exceeds the CCA threshold one half of the time, and does not exceed the CCA threshold the other half of the time. In some implementations, this ratio may play a role in the selection of a channel.
  • circuitry or “processing circuitry” may refer to, be part of, or include an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), an electronic circuit, a processor (shared, dedicated, or group), and/or memory (shared, dedicated, or group) that execute one or more software or firmware programs, a combinational logic circuit, and/or other suitable hardware components that provide the described functionality.
  • ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit
  • the circuitry may be implemented in, or functions associated with the circuitry may be implemented by, one or more software or firmware modules.
  • circuitry may include logic, at least partially operable in hardware.
  • Fig. 7 illustrates, for one embodiment, example components of an electronic device 700.
  • the electronic device 700 may be a user equipment UE, an eNB, a transmission point, or some other appropriate electronic device.
  • the electronic device 700 may include application circuitry 702. baseband circuitry 704, Radio Frequency (RF) circuitry 706, front-end module (FEM) circuitry 708 and one or more antennas 760, coupled together at least as shown.
  • RF Radio Frequency
  • FEM front-end module
  • Application circuitry 702 may include one or more application processors.
  • application circuitry 702 may include circuitry such as, but not limited to, one or more single-core or multi-core processors.
  • the processor(s) may include any combination of general-purpose processors and dedicated processors (e.g., graphics processors, application processors, etc.).
  • the processors may be coupled with and/or may include memory/storage, such as storage medium 703, and may be configured to execute instructions stored in the memory/storage to enable various applications and/or operating systems to run on the system.
  • storage medium 703 may include a non-transitory computer-readable medium.
  • Application circuitry 702 may, in some embodiments, connect to or include one or more sensors, such as environmental sensors, cameras, etc.
  • Baseband circuitry 704 may include circuitry such as, but not limited to, one or more single-core or multi-core processors.
  • the baseband circuitry 704 may include one or more baseband processors and/or control logic to process baseband signals received from a receive signal path of the RF circuitry 706 and to generate baseband signals for a transmit signal path of the RF circuitry 706.
  • Baseband processing circuitry 704 may interface with the application circuitry 702 for generation and processing of the baseband signals and for controlling operations of the RF circuitry 706.
  • the baseband circuitry 704 may include a second generation (2G) baseband processor 704a.
  • the baseband circuitry 704 may handle various radio control functions that enable communication with one or more radio networks via the RF circuitry 706.
  • the radio control functions may include, but are not limited to, signal modulation/demodulation, encoding/decoding, radio frequency shifting, etc.
  • baseband circuitry 604 may be associated with storage medium 703 or with another storage medium.
  • the baseband circuitry 104 may be to: identify one or more parameters related to the LTE-LAA transmission point, wherein the LTE-LAA transmission point is in a network that includes a plurality of LTE-LAA transmission points, respective LTE-LAA transmission points having respective parameters; and identify, based on a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure related to identification of channel occupancy status of respective LTE-LAA transmission points in the plurality of LTE-LAA transmission points that the LTE-LAA transmission point has an un-occupied channel.
  • LBT listen-before-talk
  • RF circuitry 706 may be to transmit a signal based on the identification.
  • modulation/demodulation circuitry of the baseband circuitry 704 may include Fast-Fourier Transform (FFT), precoding, and/or constellation mapping/demapping functionality.
  • FFT Fast-Fourier Transform
  • encoding/decoding circuitry of the baseband circuitry 704 may include convolution, tail-biting convolution, turbo, Viterbi, and/or Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoder/decoder functionality.
  • LDPC Low Density Parity Check
  • the baseband circuitry 704 may include elements of a protocol stack such as, for example, elements of an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (EUTRAN) protocol including, for example, physical (PHY). media access control (MAC), radio link control (RLC), packet data convergence protocol (PDCP), and/or radio resource control (RRC) elements.
  • a central processing unit (CPU) 704e of the baseband circuitry 704 may be configured to run elements of the protocol stack for signaling of the PHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP and/or RRC layers.
  • the baseband circuitry may include one or more audio digital signal processor(s) (DSP) 704f.
  • the audio DSP(s) 704f may be include elements for compression/decompression and echo cancellation and may include other suitable processing elements in other embodiments.
  • Baseband circuitry 704 may further include memory/storage 704g.
  • the memory/storage 704g may be used to load and store data and/or processor-executable instructions for operations performed by the processors of the baseband circuitry 704.
  • Memory/storage 704g may particularly include a non-transitory memory.
  • Memory/storage 704g in one embodiment, may include any combination of suitable volatile memory and/or non-volatile memory.
  • Memory/storage 704g may include any combination of various levels of memory/storage including, but not limited to, read-only memory (ROM) having embedded software instructions (e.g., firmware), random access memory (e.g., dynamic random access memory (DRAM)), cache, buffers, etc.
  • ROM read-only memory
  • DRAM dynamic random access memory
  • Memory/storage 704g may be shared among the various processors or dedicated to particular processors.
  • Components of the baseband circuitry may be suitably combined in a single chip, a single chipset, or disposed on a same circuit board in some embodiments.
  • some or all of the constituent components of the baseband circuitry 704 and the application circuitry 702 may be implemented together such as, for example, on a system on a chip (SOC).
  • SOC system on a chip
  • the baseband circuitry 704 may provide for communication compatible with one or more radio technologies.
  • the baseband circuitry 704 may support communication with an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (EUTRAN) and/or other wireless metropolitan area networks (WMAN), a wireless local area network (WLAN), a wireless personal area network (WPAN).
  • EUTRAN evolved universal terrestrial radio access network
  • WMAN wireless metropolitan area networks
  • WLAN wireless local area network
  • WPAN wireless personal area network
  • multi-mode baseband circuitry Embodiments in which the baseband circuitry 704 is configured to support radio communications of more than one wireless protocol.
  • RF circuitry 706 may enable communication with wireless networks using modulated electromagnetic radiation through a non-solid medium.
  • the RF circuitry 706 may include switches, filters, amplifiers, etc. to facilitate the communication with the wireless network.
  • RF circuitry 706 may include a receive signal path which may include circuitry to down-convert RF signals received from the FEM circuitry 708 and provide baseband signals to the baseband circuitry 704.
  • RF circuitry 706 may also include a transmit signal path which may include circuitry to up-convert baseband signals provided by the baseband circuitry 704 and provide RF output signals to the FEM circuitry 708 for transmission.
  • the RF circuitry 706 may include a receive signal path and a transmit signal path.
  • the receive signal path of the RF circuitry 706 may include mixer circuitry 706a, amplifier circuitry 706b and filter circuitry 706c.
  • the transmit signal path of the RF circuitry 706 may include filter circuitry 706c and mixer circuitry 706a.
  • RF circuitry 706 may also include synthesizer circuitry 706d for synthesizing a frequency for use by the mixer circuitry 706a of the receive signal path and the transmit signal path.
  • the mixer circuitry 706a of the receive signal path may be configured to down-convert RF signals received from the FEM circuitry 708 based on the synthesized frequency provided by synthesizer circuitry 706d.
  • the amplifier circuitry 706b may be configured to amplify the down-converted signals and the filter circuitry 706c may be a low-pass filter (LPF) or band-pass filter (BPF) configured to remove unwanted signals from the down-converted signals to generate output baseband signals.
  • LPF low-pass filter
  • BPF band-pass filter
  • Output baseband signals may be provided to the baseband circuitry 704 for further processing.
  • the output baseband signals may be zero-frequency baseband signals, although this is not a requirement.
  • mixer circuitry 706a of the receive signal path may comprise passive mixers, although the scope of the embodiments is not limited in this respect.
  • the mixer circuitry 706a of the transmit signal path may be configured to up-convert input baseband signals based on the synthesized frequency provided by the synthesizer circuitry 706d to generate RF output signals for the FEM circuitry 708.
  • the baseband signals may be provided by the baseband circuitry 704 and may be filtered by filter circuitry 706c.
  • the filter circuitry 706c may include a low-pass filter (LPF), although the scope of the embodiments is not limited in this respect.
  • LPF low-pass filter
  • the mixer circuitry 706a of the receive signal path and the mixer circuitry 706a of the transmit signal path may include two or more mixers and may be arranged for quadrature downconversion and/or upconversion respectively.
  • the mixer circuitry 706a of the receive signal path and the mixer circuitry 706a of the transmit signal path may include two or more mixers and may be arranged for image rejection (e.g., Hartley image rejection).
  • the mixer circuitry 706a of the receive signal path and the mixer circuitry 706a may be arranged for direct downconversion and/or direct upconversion, respectively.
  • the mixer circuitry 706a of the receive signal path and the mixer circuitry 706a of the transmit signal path may be configured for super-heterodyne operation.
  • the output baseband signals and the input baseband signals may be analog baseband signals, although the scope of the embodiments is not limited in this respect.
  • the output baseband signals and the input baseband signals may be digital baseband signals.
  • the RF circuitry 706 may include analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and digital-to-analog converter (DAC) circuitry and the baseband circuitry 704 may include a digital baseband interface to communicate with the RF circuitry 706.
  • ADC analog-to-digital converter
  • DAC digital-to-analog converter
  • a separate radio IC circuitry may be provided for processing signals for each spectrum, although the scope of the embodiments is not limited in this respect.
  • the synthesizer circuitry 706d may be a fractional-N synthesizer or a fractional N/N+6 synthesizer, although the scope of the embodiments is not limited in this respect as other types of frequency synthesizers may be suitable.
  • synthesizer circuitry 706d may be a delta-sigma synthesizer, a frequency multiplier, or a synthesizer comprising a phase-locked loop with a frequency divider.
  • the synthesizer circuitry 706d may be configured to synthesize an output frequency for use by the mixer circuitry 706a of the RF circuitry 706 based on a frequency input and a divider control input. In some embodiments, the synthesizer circuitry 706d may be a fractional N/N+6 synthesizer.
  • frequency input may be provided by a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), although that is not a requirement.
  • VCO voltage-controlled oscillator
  • Divider control input may be provided by either the baseband circuitry 704 or the applications processor 702 depending on the desired output frequency.
  • a divider control input (e.g., N) may be determined from a look-up table based on a channel indicated by the applications processor 702.
  • Synthesizer circuitry 706d of the RF circuitry 706 may include a divider, a delay-locked loop (DLL), a multiplexer and a phase accumulator.
  • the divider may be a dual modulus divider (DMD) and the phase accumulator may be a digital phase accumulator (DPA).
  • the DMD may be configured to divide the input signal by either N or N+6 (e.g.. based on a carry out) to provide a fractional division ratio.
  • the DLL may include a set of cascaded, tunable, delay elements, a phase detector, a charge pump and a D-type flip-flop.
  • the delay elements may be configured to break a VCO period up into Nd equal packets of phase, where Nd is the number of delay elements in the delay line.
  • Nd is the number of delay elements in the delay line.
  • synthesizer circuitry 706d may be configured to generate a carrier frequency as the output frequency, while in other embodiments, the output frequency may be a multiple of the carrier frequency (e.g., twice the carrier frequency, four times the carrier frequency) and used in conjunction with quadrature generator and divider circuitry to generate multiple signals at the carrier frequency with multiple different phases with respect to each other.
  • the output frequency may be a LO frequency (fLO).
  • the RF circuitry 706 may include an IQ/polar converter.
  • FEM circuitry 708 may include a receive signal path which may include circuitry configured to operate on RF signals received from one or more antennas 760, amplify the received signals and provide the amplified versions of the received signals to the RF circuitry 706 for further processing.
  • FEM circuitry 708 may also include a transmit signal path which may include circuitry configured to amplify signals for transmission provided by the RF circuitry 706 for transmission by one or more of the one or more antennas 760.
  • the FEM circuitry 708 may include a TX/RX switch to switch between transmit mode and receive mode operation.
  • the FEM circuitry may include a receive signal path and a transmit signal path.
  • the receive signal path of the FEM circuitry may include a low-noise amplifier (LNA) to amplify received RF signals and provide the amplified received RF signals as an output (e.g.. to the RF circuitry 706).
  • the transmit signal path of the FEM circuitry 708 may include a power amplifier (PA) to amplify input RF signals (e.g.. provided by RF circuitry 706), and one or more filters to generate RF signals for subsequent transmission ( e.g ., by one or more of the one or more antennas 760.
  • PA power amplifier
  • the electronic device 700 may include additional elements such as, for example, memory/storage, display, camera, sensors, and/or input/output (I/O) interface.
  • the electronic device of Fig. 7 may be configured to perform one or more methods, processes, and/or techniques such as those described herein.
  • logic may include hardware, such as an application-specific integrated circuit (“ASIC”) or a field programmable gate array (“FPGA”), or a combination of hardware and software.
  • ASIC application-specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field programmable gate array

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  1. Un procédé, comprenant :
    la mesure, par un équipement d'utilisateur, UE, (110) d'un premier indicateur d'intensité de signal reçu, RSSI, d'une première cellule d'un réseau d'accès assisté licencié de type évolution à long terme, LTE-LAA, l'UE (110) étant connecté à la première cellule,
    l'UE (110) étant configuré pour mesurer le premier RSSI en dehors d'une salve de transmissions associée à la première cellule (205) ;
    la mesure, par l'UE (110), d'un deuxième RSSI d'une seconde cellule (210) du réseau LTE-LAA, l'UE (110) n'étant pas connecté à la seconde cellule (210),
    l'UE (110) étant configuré pour mesurer le deuxième RSSI en dehors d'une salve de transmissions associée à la seconde cellule (210) ; et
    le rapport, par l'UE (110), des premier et deuxième RSSI au réseau LTE-LAA pour les premier et deuxième RSSI à utiliser dans des processus de sélection de cellule et/ou de sélection de canal,
    dans lequel l'UE (110) reçoit du réseau des informations via un message de contrôle de ressource radio, RRC, indiquant un séquencement de salves de transmissions associé à la première cellule (205),
    dans lequel la mesure du premier RSSI, en dehors de la salve de transmissions associée à la première cellule (205), est réalisée sur la base du séquencement de salves de transmissions indiqué dans le message de RRC,
    dans lequel l'UE reçoit des informations de configuration de signal de référence de découverte, DRS, depuis la première cellule (205), dans lequel les informations de configuration de DRS indiquent la périodicité et la durée du DRS délivré depuis la seconde cellule (210), et dans lequel le DRS délivré par la seconde cellule est aligné avec la salve de transmissions associée à la seconde cellule (210), et
    dans lequel la mesure du deuxième RSSI, en dehors de la salve de transmissions associée à la seconde cellule (210), est réalisée sur la base des informations de configuration de DRS reçues.
  2. Le procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les informations de configuration de DRS indiquent une périodicité particulière et une durée particulière, dans lequel la mesure du deuxième RSSI est en outre réalisée à la périodicité particulière et en dehors de la durée particulière indiquée dans les informations de DRS.
  3. Le procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'UE (110) mesure en outre un troisième RSSI de la première cellule (205),
    dans lequel la mesure du troisième RSSI inclut la mesure du troisième RSSI durant la salve de transmissions de la première cellule (205),
    dans lequel l'UE (110) rapporte en outre le troisième RSSI au réseau.
  4. Le procédé selon la revendication 3, dans lequel l'UE utilise la mesure du troisième RSSI en tant que mesure, associée au réseau, de qualité de signaux de référence, RSRQ.
  5. Le procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'UE (110) mesure en outre un troisième RSSI de la seconde cellule (210),
    dans lequel la mesure du troisième RSSI inclut la mesure du troisième RSSI durant la salve de transmissions de la seconde cellule (210),
    dans lequel l'UE (110) rapporte en outre le troisième RSSI au réseau.
  6. Le procédé selon la revendication 5, dans lequel l'UE (110) utilise la mesure du troisième RSSI en tant que mesure de qualité de réception de signaux de référence, RSRQ, associé à la seconde cellule (210).
  7. Le procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, dans lequel la première cellule (205) est associée à un nœud B évolué, eNB, (136) qui utilise une fréquence sous licence.
  8. Le procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, dans lequel la seconde cellule (210) est associée à un nœud LTE-LAA qui utilise une fréquence sans licence.
  9. Le procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, dans lequel l'UE (110) comprend une ou plusieurs antennes via lesquelles l'UE communique avec les première (205) et seconde cellules (210).
  10. Le procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, dans lequel l'UE (110) comprend un support de stockage non transitoire,
    dans lequel une ou plusieurs des opérations sont réalisées par un ou plusieurs processeurs qui exécutent une ou plusieurs instructions exécutables par processeur, stockées par le support de stockage non transitoire.
  11. Un appareil d'équipement d'utilisateur, UE, (110) comprenant un moyen pour réaliser un procédé selon l'une des revendications précédentes.
  12. Un support de stockage lisible par machine stockant des instructions qui, lorsqu'elles sont exécutées par un processeur d'un équipement d'utilisateur, UE, amènent l'UE à mettre en œuvre le procédé selon l'une des revendications 1 à 10.
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